Other drug therapy

Topical corticosteroids are used to relieve red, swollen, and inflamed skin. They are a type of steroid. Topical corticosteroids may be in a cream, lotion, or ointment.

Retinoids, such as bexarotene, are drugs related to vitamin A that can slow the growth of certain types of cancer cells. The retinoids may be taken by mouth or put on the skin.

Lenalidomide is a drug that helps the immune system kill abnormal blood cells or cancer cells and may prevent the growth of new blood vessels that tumors need to grow.

Vorinostat and romidepsin are two of the histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors used to treat mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome. HDAC inhibitors cause a chemical change that stops tumor cells from dividing.

See Drugs Approved for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma for more information. (Mycosis fungoides and Sézary syndrome are types of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.)